| Date | Medium | Title |
|---|---|---|
| February 26th |  |
Dan, interviewed on You and Yours and 12.13, criticises the Carbon Reduction Commitment and the government’s timing in introducing it – directly afterwards, Energy Minister Joan Ruddock disagrees. |
| February 21st |  |
Firms not ready for name-and-shame carbon tableDan Lewis criticises the bureaucratic, marginal, high-cost carbon reduction commitment. |
| February |  |
Securing Our Energy Future, Dan’s launch paper for the EPC is cited in Canadian Nuclear Worker – a publication of the Canadian Nuclear Workers’ Council |
| February 17th |  |
Nick Ferrari asks Dan Lewis whether we should be worried about inflation? (8.35 am – 4 minutes – requires login for dowload) |
| February 17th |  |
Only Splitting the Euro Will Save It. About the Greek Crisis and the Euro. |
| February 16th |  |
IT’s not if, but when we make the cuts we need. Dan Lewis discusses the timing and practicalities of public sector cuts. |
| January |  |
Dan writes the Expert Commentary for Conservative Intelligence on Conservative Energy Policy for CI’s “Guide to the 2010 Tory Manifesto“ |
| 15th January |  |
How much microgeneration can networks take? Dan looks at the impact of a surge in microgeneration for local electricity neworks |
| 5th January |  |
Dan Lewis talks on Al Jazeera English TV about the impact of cold weather on oil prices and their subsequent impact on the USD and the global economy |
- In praise of German local government ingenuity – the pothole taxI love it. Unseasonally cold weather in North Western Europe has created a load of potholes across the streets of the old continent but a town in the Ex-Communist East Germany, Niderzimmern, has hit upon a way of makling money from this driver’s blight. Niederzimmern, not far from Weimar, and an area I know quite well (and [...] […]
- Micro-hydro – huge potential for the UK?I keep thinking about this trip I went on last weekend – a tour of micro-hydro plants organised by the South Somerset Hydropower Group. It was a good deal – for £60, we got lunch, coffee x 3 and bussed around 6 quite different micro-hydro sites, with plenty of expert commentary, not least by some [...] […]
- The death of the full-time job . . . ?Very thoughtful piece by Sean O’Grady in the Independent this morning – So where on earth have all the proper jobs gone? He observes that while full-time jobs are going down, part-time jobs are increasing. I remember 20 odd years ago some futurist forecasting that in the future, we would all have 3 or 4 jobs [...] […]
- In Ireland – deep public sector cuts are working . . .There’s been a lot of policy chatter over the last year in the UK about the lessons the Britain can learn from Canada and Sweden- at least a decade or more ago – on cutting government expenditure harder and faster than anyone really wants. That’s all fine, but why not look across the Irish Sea [...] […]
- The Alternative Manifesto – By Dr Eamonn ButlerThe other day, we had our inaugural private EPC dinner with politicians, thought-leaders and leading members of the business community – it was terrific. And we had a real treat, because Dr Eamonn Butler of the Adam Smith Institute agreed to step in at the last moment to speak about his new book; The Alternative Manifesto [...] […]
